Posted by EscherDementian on November 1, 2003, at 19:27:12
In reply to Subsyndromal Epilepsy, posted by stjames on November 1, 2003, at 12:55:36
i am one who hears colors/sees musical notes.
i also 'hear' instrumental compositions visually. (Have since childhood.) But i'm not sure it's the same as Subsyndromal Epilepsy. I have never considered it "hallucinations", although talking about it as a child to my father or babysitters evoked "just seeing things/imagining things" commentary.Both senses are present simultaneously. Now, as an adult, the dominant sense is the "normal" one. But i can switch it, it's a matter of focus. Sometimes will see the music a moment before i hear it, and only once heard the color (blue) before i saw it.
Each note consistantly has the same color, different instruments have different 'texture' in what i see. The color lasts as long as i hear the note and fades accordingly.A color's sound is affected by the physical material of the object, but in general same 'frequency'(?) consistancy. (example: the pale blue of the calendar border next to me on the wall is the same as the pale blue shade of the earthenware bowl on my desk here. The sound (or note) i hear is the same, but the 'tone' is different. The bowl is slightly"scrabbly"- deeper sounding, the calendar is light- smoother.)
A color's note/tone is sustained as long as i'm looking at it, or becomes a lesser part of an object or room's sound.All voices are in color.
When a person says their own name, i can see a lettering style (font), unique to their voice, with texture. And i've noticed a difference between what talking looks like when it's true, from untrue -to the speaker's experience (no beforehand knowledge of what i'm hearing, discovery accuracy 100%).It's much MUCH easier for me to tune down sounds than colors to sub-noticeability.
Smells also come with visual appearances and note/tone sound. (& very sensitive olfactory)
Tastes also, but i tune those out the most. Except things like salt. Salt is very loud. Can't tune out salt.
Oh- tastes can come with correlating whole body movements. It's simultaneous, but they're not involuntary. My husband loves it when i show him. We have alot of fun with "This is the ______ dance".i took the test at http://www.dr-bob.org/tips/isse.html , but it seemed to me that my score was low (26), and the breakdown had %s that were either 0 OR high%. Not sure if my experience is the same as the questions described.
No seizure events, but i'm curious now.i thought surely these perceptions are not uncommon. ~~Anyone else?
Escher
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